Nicole Melancon's Blogs
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Ethiopia Bound
I can hardly believe it is already here! Tomorrow I will be leaving well before the sun rises for my next adventure: Ethiopia. I will be one of nine new media journalists heading with The Johns Hopkins International Reporting Project to Ethiopia to report on newborn health. It is bound to be a life-changing experience and I can hardly wait to share what I learn on my blog. I’ve done a ton of reading and research over the past few months yet I’m sure nothing will prepare me for our visits especially in rural villages. I will be gone for two weeks and am flying directly to a wedding in Chicago all in the same 24 hours afterwards. It is going to be quite an adventure! The best part of all is I will be traveling with a...
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ONE Moms Travel to Ethiopia to Report on Newborn Health
Meet ONE Moms Elizabeth Atalay and Nicole Melancon – both world travelers, advocates, and social good digital journalists who met at a blogging conference several years ago. Although they live across the country from one another, they have frequently worked together on campaigns with ONE, World Moms Blog, and Mom Bloggers for Social Good to advocate for global health, and to help alleviate poverty. On June 14th the pair will embark on an epic two-week journey as international reporting fellows with the International Reporting Project (IRP) and seven other fellows. The New Media Fellowship focuses on newborn health, a topic critical in Ethiopia’s fight against extreme poverty, and to continue improvements in maternal, newborn, and child health. After meeting up in the capital city, Addis Ababa, They will travel to remote regions of the country where they will meet with a diverse...
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World Moms Blog Editors Heading to Ethiopia to Report on Newborn Health
We have exciting news at World Moms Blog! Two World Moms Blog Editors, myself and Elizabeth Atalay, have been selected to travel to Ethiopia this June as New Media journalism fellows with The International Reporting Project (IRP). Last April, World Moms Blog Senior Editor Purnima Ramakrishnan of India was a fellow on the IRP’s Brazil trip where she reported on the reduction of poverty and hunger in Brazil, and how it has embraced the Millennium Development Goals to improve the lives of its citizens. The International Reporting Project (IRP) is based at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the John Hopkins University and the primary goal of the IRP is to provide journalists with the opportunity to report internationally on issues not traditionally covered in mainstream media. The ...;
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